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Tough Girl PodcastZoe Langley-Wathen: 630 Miles Braver: Mid-lifing on the South West Coast Path. The reality of imposter syndrome, facing solo adventures and the warmth of personal connections.Zoe Langley-Wathen is a writer, speaker, and adventure seeker who has spent over a decade inspiring others to embrace the outdoors. From solo-walking the South West Coast Path in 2011 to becoming the first woman to walk the Wales Coast Path in 2012, Zoe has continually pushed her boundaries—while navigating the realities of midlife, imposter syndrome, and solo adventures. In this episode of the Tough Girl Podcast, Zoe shares the journey behind her latest book, 630 Miles Braver: Mid-lifing on the South West Coast Path, which chronicles her transformative experience walking the iconic trail. She opens up about the cha...2025-04-151h 05
HeadRightOutWhy so many women are scared to adventure and recognising our female role models with Tough Girl, Sarah Williams #003 A powerful conversation with Tough Girl Challenges founder and Tough Girl Podcast host, Sarah Williams. As friends, we easily cover multiple topics across our conversations. These include how to meet fear head-on and deal with it; why Sarah is inspired by two specific female role models/mentors and the moments in her life that nearly broke her. Interestingly, she elaborates on how those darkest times taught her the most and benefitted her in ways she could never have imagined. There are references to many long-distance trails, in the UK and overseas, w...2021-09-251h 08
Tough Girl PodcastWhy so many women are scared to adventure and recognising our female role models with Tough Girl Founder Sarah Williams I was delighted to be interviewed by Zoe for her new podcast HeadRightOut. Here is our conversation which we recorded on the 8th September 2021 (2 days before my 40th Birthday)! I hope you enjoy! Words by Zoe: “A powerful conversation with Tough Girl Challenges founder and Tough Girl Podcast host, Sarah Williams. As friends, we easily cover multiple topics across our conversations. These include how to meet fear head-on and deal with it; why Sarah is inspired by two specific female role models/mentors and the moments in her life that nearly broke her. Interestingly, she elaborates on how those darkest times taught he...2021-09-101h 11
Tough Girl PodcastMimi Anderson - Endurance Athlete/Multiple World Record Holder - Running across America, Dealing with Failure, Overcoming Fears, and getting into swimming and biking!We first spoke with Mimi in December 2015, where she shared more about her early life, how she got into endurance running. During the first episode we go into more depth about some of the bigger challenges she has done, for example breaking the world record for fastest women running JOGLE (John O’Groats to Lands End - 840 miles) in the UK in 2008. (This record has since been broken in 2019 by Sharon Gayter - You can listen to Sharon share more about this on the Tough Girl Podcast.) “The only way of finding the limi...2020-02-201h 02
Tough Girl PodcastZoe Langley-Wathen - Her love for long distance walking, #100mappydays & Head Right OutSince 2010, Zoe has been working on inspiring others to get out and get their soles active to get their souls revived - particularly through this year’s challenge of #100MappyDays. HeadRightOut is the brand new face of WathWalk and it’s here to encourage YOU to head out and try something new... *Do you need to give yourself more outside time? *Do you need to step out of your comfort zone a little more? *Are there things that you deliberately avoid doing in your daily life in case you get it wrong? *Would you love to find a ‘braver’, more confident you? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then take a listen to this podcast episode because it is for you! HeadRightOut is about inviting everyone to become braver on a micro level, in order to face those bigger challenges that may seem u...2019-08-291h 03
Tough Girl PodcastZoe Langley-Wathen - Walking Adventures include the South West Coastal Path, Wales Coast Path & Offa’s Dyke. Zoe Langley-Wathen - Walking Adventures include the South West Coastal Path, Wales Coast Path & Offa’s Dyke. Show notes Where her love of walking came from? Growing up without a car Going on night hikes Getting married young and having her daughter at 24 Wanting to do something bigger Letting her dreams stay dormant Fears? Are you sure you can do that? Don’t put yourself in a position where you will be disappointed The South West Coastal Path! Deciding to follow her dream How to celebrate her 40th birthday in 2011 Accountability Planning - and giving herself 7 mont...2017-11-071h 10